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Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Be A Junior Ranger
 
Ranger with Students
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Children working with Ranger.
Earn a Junior Ranger badge!
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You too can earn this Hagerman Fossil Beds NM Junior Ranger Badge.
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument thinks Junior Rangers are special people! So if you are between the ages of 6 and 12 years old we invite you to become a Hagerman Fossil Beds Junior Ranger.

Participants choose from a variety of activities to earn their Junior Ranger badge. You can take a short hike, visit the Monument on the self-guided auto tour, or search the Visitor Center for the correct answers. No matter which activity you choose, you are sure to have fun learning about Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument.

Junior Ranger booklets are available for free at the Hagerman Fossil Beds Visitor Center. The activities take about 1 – 2 hours to complete. Be sure to stop by, see the Hagerman Horse fossil, and become a Junior Ranger!
Drawing of a mole skeleton.  

Did You Know?
There've been significant bird fossils found including bones from rails, ducks, Hibbard’s Swan, a cormorant, and a songbird the size of a sparrow. A particularly rare find was a humerus from the Hagerman mole, Scapanus hagermanensis, one of only a handful of mole fossils ever found in Idaho.

Last Updated: August 16, 2006 at 11:11 EST